This could impact electricity pricing.
US, states eye recommendations on gas-electric interdependency
Washington (Platts)
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners plan to recommend ways to improve the coordination of generation and natural gas supplies to avoid power outages such as the one that struck the Southwest during a February 2011 cold snap, commissioners said Sunday.
FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff and Commissioners John Norris and Cheryl LaFleur participated in a discussion of the topic with state utility commissioners at NARUC’s winter meetings in Washington. After the dialog, which featured a grid operator and power industry response to a simulated gas shortage that limited…